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A square root inequality for symmetric matrices?
In this post all my matrices will be $\mathbb R^{N\times N}$ symmetric positive semi-definite (psd), but I am also interested in the Hermitian case. In particular the square root $A^{\frac 12}$ of a ...
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Mixtures of log-convex functions are log-convex: a reference
A referee of a submitted paper requested details on the statement that $\int_0^a e^{-tx^2}\,dx$ is log-convex in real $t$, for each $a>0$. While there are a number of ways to prove this statement, ...
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An inequality of T. Carleman
I'm looking for the name and some references for the proof of the inequality below. I founded that is due to T. Carleman but no reference was given.
Let $f(z)$ be an analytic function on a subdomain $...
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Convexity at a point and Jensen inequality
I am looking for a reference for the following claim:
Let $\phi:\mathbb (a,b) \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function, and let $c \in (a,b)$ be fixed.
Suppose that "$\phi$ is convex at $c$". ...